The New Canon CP790 Photo Printer

The color and appearance may deceive you but make sure you don't get it wet 'cause it's not a bucket but a photo printer!

The latest photo printer from Canon looks exactly like a bucket but what you see is not the actual printer device. Take out the plastic latches at the sides and you'll get the Canon CP790 photo printer.



The CP790 weighs 1.1 kilograms. Not very light for something designed to be portable. It can be readily plugged to a wall socket. The bucket, which measures 246.9 x 178 x 86.4 millimeters, serves as a case for the power plugs, photo paper and other supplies and cables so you can carry everything in it.

The Canon CP790 comes with a 3-inch color LCD and an easy-scroll wheel to navigate through the menus and controls. You can also view and select the images that you want to print out. The menu and control settings offer other features such as image enhancement, trimming, red-eye correction and other color effects so that when you can print your pictures right.




Aside from the big and easy to press buttons, the Canon CP790 is also very user-friendly. Even old people and young children can easily operate it. You also do not have to attach your digital camera anymore to print the pictures. The Canon CP790 has a memory card slot that can accommodate SD miniSD, SDHC, MMC, CompactFlash, Memory Stick Pro and other types of external memory devices. Canon digital cameras can be connected via PictBridge.

Based on print tests, a single 4 x 6-inch photo took about 56 seconds to print. The print quality is quite good but professional photographers may notice some elements lacking in the printout. Still, we can’t expect that much from a mid-range portable camera. Perhaps the best part about the Canon CP790 is you don’t have to wait for the ink to dry. It employs a dye-sublimation process that allows fine gradation for picture printouts.

If you buy the Canon CP790 now, its package includes 108 pieces of 4R photo paper and a spare ink cartridge. This lets you save USD 37.90. The whole package is priced at USD 249.